Synonyms of demolishes

demolishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of demolish

1

as in destroys

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• smashes
• razes
• tears down
• ruins
• pulls down
• levels
• overturns
• wrecks
• obliterates
• unbuilds
• flattens
• decimates
• finishes
• abolishes
• annihilates
• eradicates
• devastates
• ravages
• pulverizes
• dynamites
• devours
• wastes
• unmakes
• dissolves
• wipes out
• crushes
• blows up
• extirpates
• totals
• scourges
• cracks up
• does in
• dashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• erects
• constructs
• raises
• restores
• renews
• creates
• puts up
• makes
• manufactures
• rebuilds
• forms
• renovates
• shapes
• fashions
• fabricates
• forges

2

as in shatters

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• shatters
• ruins
• devastates
• smashes
• wrecks
• overcomes
• annihilates
• decimates
• damages
• erodes
• extinguishes
• pulverizes
• razes
• vaporizes
• wastes
• dismantles
• ravages
• desolates
• cripples
• kills
• mars
• wracks
• removes
• defeats
• tears down
• pulls down
• totals
• crushes
• nukes
• subdues
• injures
• breaks
• does in
• rubs out
• creams
• conquers
• blasts
• trounces
• impairs
• disintegrates
• clobbers
• thrashes
• obliterates
• mangles
• surmounts
• mutilates
• disfigures
• dissolves
• deteriorates
• eradicates
• masters
• harms
• licks
• vitiates
• spoils
• routs
• bests
• defaces
• prevails (over)
• wins (against)
• wallops
• whips
• disassembles
• undoes
• trims
• beats
• triumphs (over)
• exterminates
• dynamites
• slays
• scours
• tramples
• trashes
• expunges
• slaughters
• assassinates
• wears (away)
• plunders
• overbears
• effaces
• sweeps (away)
• executes
• liquidates
• vandalizes
• scotches
• unmakes
• blows up
• guts
• despoils
• stamps (out)
• washes out
• drubs
• extirpates
• overmatches
• murders
• wipes out
• pillages
• loots
• takes down
• roots (out)
• cuts down
• dispatches
• blots out
• zaps
• sacks
• snuffs (out)
• mows (down)
• kills off
• unbuilds
• skunks
• takes out
• massacres
• dilapidates
• butchers
• fells
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• erects
• constructs
• raises
• creates
• repairs
• sets up
• doctors
• produces
• invents
• makes
• rears
• establishes
• fixes
• manufactures
• constitutes
• assembles
• puts up
• protects
• forms
• organizes
• shapes
• preserves
• fathers
• founds
• reconditions
• mends
• frames
• saves
• revamps
• restores
• institutes
• fashions
• fabricates
• reconstructs
• brings about
• conserves
• forges
• patches
• molds
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

3

as in smashes

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatters
• smashes
• destroys
• blows
• explodes
• pops
• bursts
• blasts
• detonates
• annihilates
• blows up
• decimates
• ruins
• wrecks
• dynamites
• fragments
• splinters
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of demolishes

An $8,000 Ryvid Anthem or a $10,000 Maeving RM1S will deliver broadly similar urban usability, while the $12,500 Zero FXE absolutely demolishes it on power-per-dollar. — Utkarsh Sood june 12, New Atlas, 12 June 2026

The latest filing demolishes the timeworn claim that DOGE was infiltrated into Social Security in order to responsibly ferret out fraud and overspending. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026

If the city demolishes the building, the costs will be assessed to the property owner. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025